22 DECEMBER 1990, page 85

High Life

The princess and the Greek Taki C hristmas is a lousy time for dictators. Last year Ceausescu got his comeuppance, following in the footsteps of the rest of the motley crew of......

Television

Viewer's digest Martyn Harris 0 nce in America I read a newspaper report about an ant-eating contest, the winner of which had eaten 3,000 ants in the prescribed time, which was......